Jackson State seeks legal action against Grambling State, SWAC

8:59 AM,
Mar. 24, 2014

Written by

Blly Watkins
Gannett

JACKSON, Miss. - Still stinging from Grambling State's no-show for October's homecoming football game and frustrated by what it perceives as a lack of support from the Southwestern Athletic Conference, Jackson State University has been pushing the Mississippi Attorney General's Office for five months to pursue legal action against Grambling, the SWAC or both.

Documents obtained by The Clarion-Ledger through an open records request clearly show JSU's determined effort to have its budget made whole. Persistent emails from JSU and subsequent inquiries by the newspaper have led ...